The voice assistant Alexa is called a “colossal failure” – $3 billion in losses for Amazon’s technical division and $10 billion by the end of the year
Amazon is currently going through the biggest layoffs in the company’s history, with plans to cut about 10,000 jobs. One of the most affected areas was the…
Amazon’s Alexa now has mind of its own and switches off lights without being asked
Cries of “Alexa” are fading away as Amazon’s smart speaker now completes one in four functions without customers saying a single word, the company has said. Dave…
Meet Amazon’s Mr Alexa, the man who lives ‘in the future’
When Astro was unveiled, one of its developers anonymously described the device as a “privacy nightmare”. Unsurprisingly, Limp is more upbeat. “It becomes pet-like”, the 55-year-old enthuses….
Kimi, review: a modern Rear Window, with an evil Alexa at its heart
Sixty-six years BC – Before Covid, I mean – Alfred Hitchcock arguably made the definitive lockdown film. In his 1954 masterpiece Rear Window, a man (James Stewart)…
Amazon finds consumers losing interest in Alexa as privacy fears mount
Consumers are losing interest in Alexa smart speakers as privacy fears mount and their novelty wears off, internal documents from Amazon have warned. The company has predicted…